Celyphia bacula Belyaeva 2000 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae

Full reference: G. V. Belyaeva. 2000. New taxa of Sphictozoa from the Permian reefs of southeastern China. Paleontological Journal 34(2):155-160

Belongs to Celyphia according to G. V. Belyaeva 2000

Sister taxa: Celyphia minima, Celyphia permica, Celyphia submarginata, Celyphia zoldana

Type specimen: Far East Geol Inst 15-MB thin sec. 17-3. Its type locality is Tonglu, China, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Lengwu Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tonglu, China

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